The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-08-13

1892.
James Pifer, OF Ishpcming, practical.
miner, succeeds the late Thomas Ball as
captain OF the Youngstown mine.
Work at the Culbertson mine on sec
ton twenty-five is progressing very law
orably, and continues to grow better
every day.
The Sheldon 4 Shaier mine Is busily
stocking ore, though not sending any TO
market. The stock pile now contains
something over 5000 tons OF ore. Mr..
G. ID. Sheldon has been In Pittsburgh the
past week, II is said, arranging COR the
sale Of the mine.
Work has again been commenced on the
graphite shaft" on section thirty-three,
1892, by ID. G. Lockwood; not for gra-
phite but for ore and the prospects for
getting what they are after Ia strongly in
their favor. The tunnel into the hill
from the railroad track will not be car
ried on, for the present at least.
Mr.. III. ID. Fisher, Of Florence, a gentle
man who has never beer known To stuff
reporter. In an interview the other day
he informed the writer that his work on
section twenty-five. 1882, was not, has
not, nor will not be abandoned, but that
the machinery at the exploration was
found inadequate for the work and that
he is to Immediately put in "A full plant OF
mining machinery. and find body ofore
which he knows To exist there. Capt
Frank Weber, also interviewd, corrobor-
ates Mr.. Fishers statement, so IL will be
plainly seen that there is no room for
doubt.
The first train load OF ore from the
Dunn mine was sent to Escanaba yester-
day, where vessel WIS In waiting to
take il to Cleveland. The Dunn will
ship 10000 tons OF ore this season. The
present work is confined to the open pit
ON the west eide of the mine. Two hum
dred and fifty tons Of ore were placed in
the stock pile ut the Dunn mine one day
this week. The work was accomplished
in nine and one hall hours with one skip
and one derrick. II this kind Of work
can be kept up the management will
have no trouble In sending out it's 49,
900 tons.
s. ID. HOLSTER exhibits samples Of ore
taken from his explorations on the
southeast qaurter OF the southeast
quarter OF section fourteen, 1892 which
look very well. The samples were taken
from pit now down about sixteen feet.
The out look Is certainly very encourag-
ing, but Mr.. HOLSTER differs greatly from
the majority Of explorers and does not
enthuse very extensively upon the first
showing but In willing 10 say that the
Indications are very promising and that
he can see mo- reason why he will not get
the ore body. Mr.. HOLSTERS opinion is
rarely II ever questioned and IL is safe To
say that in oil probability he has got n
mine there.
The Menominee Range thinks Mr.. Gram
dalps mine ought To be worth about
$4,000, 900. The Menominee Range
further says that they, meaning Mr..
Crandall, have just commenced sinking
test pits. That'sall he knows aboutit, or
is all he Is willing to try to find out about
IL. Work was commenced in lots six and
seven, west halfof the southwest quarter
81 twenty-eight, 43-Y2, now under option
20 G. T. Crandall and Others, early last
year. The work done hast summer con-
sisted OF driving tunnel into the side
hin from the river distance Of seventy
feet, where Wine was dropped down
some sixteen feet and bottomed In ore.
Work has began north OF this this year
and now after putting down a working
shaft, not test pit as Mr.. Range would
have you believe, cross cutting and drift
ing has been commenced and the result IL
the most satisfactory possible. The
property il certainly one Of the most
promising ones ever opened In this dis
trict. the vein 81 ore having been traced
distance 81 half mile and the quality
Of the ore is beyond questioning. The
Range man should make visit TO the
property and see for himself.
The downward tendency Of lake ireights
has been temporarily checked by the an
mated inquiry for vessels, and although
the general belief is that rates win 20
considerably lower. there has been no
such falling of as yet ms would warrant
any reduction Of Importance In the price
az orre In fact the output OF the mines